CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS FOR THE TRAINING IN SOCIAL SCULPTURE/PARTICIPATORY ARTS and its application in the work with vulnerable groups

Training in Social Sculpture/Participatory Arts that will be held in Ohrid, in two parts:

-          Training 1, in the period 15-19.01.2014,  and

-          Training 2, in the period 24-26.04.2014.

The Training is meant for artists from different artistic media and it will focus on the application of Social Sculpture/Participatory Arts in the work with different vulnerable groups.

Within the Training, trainers from Sweden Helena Bystrom and Anna Kallblad will combine theory with practical artistic work, thus giving the participants opportunity to gain knowledge and experience in the specific method. They will also provide coaching for MK artists during the Training 2.

The organizer, C.C. Media Artes, covers the participants’ travel costs to the training venues and field visits. During the lunch break a lunch will be organized for the participants at the Faculty for Tourism and Hospitality, during all the 5 days of Training 1 and on the last day (26.04.2014) of Training 2. Coffee and beverages are also organized during the coffee breaks. The Agenda of Training 1 is attached at the end of this document. The Agenda for Training 2 will be published by 17.04.2014.

Artists, psycho-social workers and other creative professionals are invited to take part in the Training.  If you are interested and fit into one of those categories, please send your expression of interest, no latter then 12.01.2014, on the following addresses:

-          by e-mail:  jasmina@mediaartes.info

-          by post or hand delivery: C.C. Media Artes, “Partizanska” 1, lam.2 st.9, 6000 Ohrid (working hours 10:00-18:00).

Important notice:

Following the Training 1 and based on its process and methodology, 10 Local Pilot Activities (LPA) will be implemented in Ohrid and Struga, by the training participants.  Artists and other creative professionals can submit their own proposals for LPA meant for application of the training in the work with a specific vulnerable group. Only the proposals of the artists/creative professionals who have gone through the Training 1 will be rendered eligible for support.

Ohrid, 31.12.2013

DAILY AGENDA

TRAINING 1 IN MK

Ohrid, 15-19.01.2014, venues: Ohrid Summer Festival (OS), Faculty for Tourism (FT)

	Day 1 - Wednesday 15.01.2014		Day 2 – Thursday 16.01.2014	Day 3 – Friday 17.01.2014	Day 4 – Saturday 18.01.2014	Day 5 –Sunday 19.01.2014
10:00 - 11:00	Introduction session (OS)		Presentations of art work, discussions (OS)	Field visit (NGO Poraka Nova, Struga)	Morning Session-Practical work	Group visit to Vodici ceremony in Ohrid
11:00 - 11:45	Meeting with the press-Visibility event (OS)		Presentations of art work, discussions (OS)	Presentations of art work, discussions (OS)	Morning Session-Practical work (OS)	Group visit to Vodici ceremony in Ohrid
11:45 - 12:45	Field visit  (Methadone Centre, Ohrid)		Field visit (NGO Option, Ohrid)	Presentations of art work, discussions (OS)	Morning Session-Practical work	Group visit to Vodici ceremony in Ohrid
13:00-14:30	Lunch (FT)		Lunch (FT)	Lunch (FT)	Lunch (FT)	Lunch (FT)
14:30-17:30	Afternoon session- Practical work (FT)		Afternoon session- Practical work (FT)	Afternoon session- Practical work (FT)	Afternoon session- Practical work (FT)	Afternoon session- Practical work (FT)